This Week in New York

KRONOS QUARTET & FACE THE MUSIC | ECSTATIC MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Kronos Quartet joins NYC’s youth new music ensemble Face the Music to perform new works written for Kronos’ “Fifty for the Future,” a commissioning, education and legacy project showcasing contemporary approaches to the string quartet that features new works by today’s composers. The two ensembles will perform separately and together. Face the Music will perform Yotam Haber’s From the Book and Kala Ramnath’s Amrit.
Monday, February 5 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $25
Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY

NICO MUHLY AND FRIENDS INVESTIGATE THE GLASS ARCHIVE
This program features world premieres of Glass songs, as arranged by composer and collaborator Nico Muhly. Over his long career, Glass has written countless pieces of music for his ensemble: a band of his friends and close collaborators, performing them with his own community of musicians. In these brand-new arrangements, commissioned by Carnegie Hall, Muhly brings together a new community of musicians to perform some of Glass’s lesser-known music.
Thursday, February 8 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $66 to $77
Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY

ARCHITAK
TAK ensemble and Architek percussion blend forces to present newly commissioned works by composers David Bird, Taylor Brook, Myriam Bleau, and Isaiah Ceccarelli. The program features works inspired by a range of sources, from René Descarte’s obsession with a life- sized clockwork doll which travelled with him everywhere, to the musical and metaphysical meanings of a ‘pulse,’ to a 19th-century account of the life of Saint Edward the Confessor.
Saturday, February 10 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street, New York, NY